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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9451, 25 February 1911, Page 4

Weather permitting, the Palmerston Brass Band will give a promenade concert at the esplandae to-morrow afternoon. ' ■-• ■ , The match ibetween the Palmerston North and Pahiatua Tennis Clubs, which should, have been played to-day, was postponed owing to the heavy rain, . Complaints are made by local storekeepers of goods being tampered with during transit from warehouse to store. A 6harp watch is being kept for the broachers with a view of prosecuting them. ,: .•-.,! At Kurrajqng, New South Wales, Mr. • Arthur ,-Ezzy shot a black eagle measuring from tip to tip of wings 9ft 2m. N 'THe bird had-talons the size of a man's hand, while the legs are as thick as a man's -wrist.; \ . : ~ 'I According to the Marton . paper, the price of earthern pipes lias recently been increased by. 33 1-3 per cent., and owing to this fact no satisfactory tender was received.by Marton Borough Council.for tho-sowqrage works. ••■■' -'; • •The Athonic, w,hich left Wellington on Thursday, for London, had included in her cargo 33,896 boxes of butter .and. 11,565" ..crates' of cheese.' The amount shipped by'tho'Arawa for the corresponding, date last-year, was 26,202 totes of butter and' 12,843 crates of cheese. The Mayoress invites citizens to meet her at the Council Chambers on Thursday evening next at 8 p.m., to consider the best means to raiso funds to pay off the debt on ,tho High School and Technical School.. The matter is one which should appeal to all citizens who have the wolfare of these schools at heart. Mr E. Newman, M.P. for Manawatu,, 'attended the annual.picnic of the Rangiotu State school.yesterday, and presented the prizes to the, scholars. The weather being fine there was a large attendance of parents and children. The usual sports were indulged in, and everyone enjoyed themselves thoroughly. -New Zealand's High Commissioner, in a private letter to a Stratford resident, remarked that prices for the Dominion's main products were keeping up at Home remarkably well, and so long as New Zealand producers maintain the high standard of the class of goods exported, tho trade done could be doubled and trebled in nearly every product.

Tho programme of Municipal Pictures to bo screened at the Opera House this evening for the first time contains so many strong subjects that it is to be regretted that its run is limited to ono night only. The star features.. are a fine dramatic and scenic story entitled "Lost in the Soudan" and a thrilling dramatic episode produced under, the title of "For Her Country's Sake." The A.B. Company is represented in, a\drama ; entitled "Waiter No. 5." The_ scenic' department ..includes original views of an "Indian, Tillage," "Swiss Country Wedding," and, "Around- Nauremburg," The comedy element is supplied by the, popular picture comedians, and the whole programme has been carefully selected and arranged.

Extra large selection and best value :in peggy bags, toys, fancy goods, croquet, cricket and tennis goods, latest books bv best, writers at Park's.—Advt. _ A complete now range of toilet sets,' in tho latest shapes and colours, are now on view at Collinsone' crockery department. These sets range from 12s 6d for 6-picce sets, and are woll worth inspection. Collinson and Son, Cheapside, Palmerstbn North—Advt.

_ Two mon arc now prospecting for gold in..tho vicinity of the Sutherland Fails, Milford Sound. . ;. It is satisfactory to learn that the blackberry grub is doing a large' amount of good in North Taranaki. ' 'Paris is taking time by. tho forelock. An international exhibition" in the year 1920 is already being considered. In a boxing match at Pctone on Thursday evening Burns (Petone) defeated Lcckio (Wellington). The contest went. fifteen rounds. 'The justice of the peace list has been finally settled, and tho names will shortly bo published (says the Hon. Dr. Findlay, Minister for justice). A Waitara storekeeper has been, fined ,10s and costs for soiling a. pea-rifle to a lad, the latter being let off with a caution:for purchasing it. On the 14th December, a twelve-year-old boy, residing in_ Taranaki, fell from an apple tree, causing a severe injury to his. head. Doath has ensued two months after'the accident, At the Makofcuku sale, Messrs Dalgety and Co. sold a small lamb, belonging to .an Ormondville settler, twenty-eight times, thus adding £8 10s to the funds of tho Dannevirko Hospital. As giving some idea of tho : effects of drought in South Canterbury, a wellknown farmer whose usual order for 6acks is 3000 this year only required 300. Government surveyors are engaged selecting the best track across the .ranges: to bring Eketahuna into immediate touch, with the Shannon district. Tho sanitary inspector of Cook County (Gisbornc) reports flagrant disregard of instructions regarding typhoid amongst. Maoris. Tangi was held on two bodies, and natives squatted in close contact and kissed the corpses. It appears that it was a son of'Mr Edward Roe, the veteran printer, to. whbma'oferenco was made in the account of Mr McNabs library, in yesterday's: "Standard," who "pulled off" the first issues of tho "Standard" on tho Albioa hand-printing press in 1880. The- Maori chief Ratotonu died at Te Kuiti last week. Monoy to the extent of £490 was found in a coat underneath, his pillow. Tho deceased had been a leading chief, and took a prominent part in the Waikato wars in his younger days, and had many narrow escapes, At tho Magistrate's, Court, Wellington, yesterday morning Edward Blbomfield, a milk vendor, was fined £2 and costs for ill-treating two horses. Walter Andrews and Ernest Sergeant, employees of Bloomfield, wore also each fined' 30s and costsfor ill-treating- a horse. All the defendants pleaded guilty. i Writes tho Wellington correspondent of the Hawfcc's Bay Herald:—"l hear on excellent authority that a pair of huias ' has recently been seen in a strip of bush ! in the Wellington province.' It will, per--1 haps, be advisable not to mention the ! exact locality. For some time 'only one i bird was seen, but latterly it has been joined by its mate." .'■

There was a very fair attendance at the Opera House last, night when the Opera Company concluded its 6eason with "A Knight for a. Day." There was a strong caste and the play was well produced. The principals were all in good form and were loudly applauded, whilst tho ballets were a feature of tho performance. The Company left Palmerston by the 7 a,m. Wellington train this morning. A Taranaki paper refers to the Government subsidising a team' of New Zealand athletes to attend the Coronation. It considers that it is only a question of time beforo the Government will open a Department of Athletes, to run its sporting enterprises. It is by breaking the 100 yds. record that nations are made, and by bustling from end to end of a swimming bath that n/As &n metalled, and the needs of b&sk-Urxk -a iilers supplied. In a CLdacEiisEfi! fcy-lojw <?:&ss. fcjeasht against a, eaisiEir Bud wwih. i«:isn-*l lor the tkHQce iiiixir—"ffiis. it s iniibafeas fejwfcslbanovj. caiEaiotf ik- h'u ia a -iieet wife-it &■> wfeffe ttfinit fefed. If a mother wi>sk* 8u a6ten.'J a -bargain sale she csaEflt kivt> fc?r wrsmbulatpr outside without putting sonseone in charge of it, but I don't think any constable would have the hardihood to proceed against her."

An English exchange acknowledges tho receipt of a letter from tho Rev.- C. E. Beecroft, of Feilding, containing an enclosure of £l2, as a legacy loft from the savings of Miss F. E. Howe, Mr-Bee-eroft's late housekeeper, to tho funds of the National Children's Home, formerly known as Dr. Stephenson'6. In his letter, Mr Beecroft says: "You have received many a gift representing sacrifice, but I venture to think there have been few more beautiful exhibitions of the Master's compassion for tho helpless than this, the outcomo of repeated self-denial." The.notice which appeared in the ..New Zealand Gazette of tho 9th inst., to the effect that postal correspondence was not to be forwarded or delivered to an individual iji Wellington on the ground that ho was'believed to' be "engaged in receiving jnoney as the consideration for an assurance or agreement implied to pay moiioy' oii■ events relating to horse races," was rescinded-in the issue of the Gazette of last week. The explanation of tho recision.is that the individual in question is said to bo not now engaged in the business that led to his being; "quarantined."

There -was the usual' satisfactory. attendance; at' His Majesty's Theatre, last night, when again presented the attractive programme that is being screen- : cd at.present. The remarkably'pretty scenic films wore received with the usual applause, and they fully desorve it, whilst the industrial picture "Tho Royal Mint" is an intensely interesting study, one that must "bo seen to bo fully appreciated. The dramatics met with the usual warm reception, and on the whole Fullers' have .every reason to be satisfied with the support accorded them in tho face of the strong .opposition at the Opera' House during,tho past two nights. Prior to the termination of the public meeting'.last night the Mayor referred to the present state of band matters in Palmerston' in connection with the' subsidy paid by the Council, and the general support it receives. Ho said he thought the time had arrived when tho residents should take, some interest in it, as they did at Wnngan.ui, and with the idea of reviving interest he intended to call & ''.'.' public meeting at an early date' to discuss the proposal. He would also if the privilege still remained with hinr ask the Council to consider the question of substantially increasing tho presentsubsidy paid to the band. Under the. .heading of "Alleged Hum-■,.-our" tho Wairarapa Age write 'as fol-lows:-The Palmerston North morningjournal possesses a sense-of humour peculiarly \ its own—a humour which would* almost cause the lato lamented Ma,rkTwain to turn in his grave. It finds in the requisition to Mr J, C, Cooper of Masterlon, by the "prominent Liberals"' l the excuse for a column of rubbish about' the calling- nf Mr Cooner to the TJppo r House, the handing over to him of the Premiership, tho carrying -of. sheep "freeon the ™l"'ays m to the Waingawa works, ,»d.soforth. The recent Band Contest must have had a, depressing; e ff cet upon the editor of the Palmerston journal. The judge s;<lec lsl on would annear to

New autumn and winter goods'now being opened up at ~ tho Bon Marche, which the ladies of Palmerston and surrounding districts are respectfully invited to inspect.—Advt. Technical School, ffrs«,tenh commences Monday, 27th., UulT stock of tho bS and requisites used, at Park's, Boo&-sellcr.-Advt. •-

On ptfge 2: Cricket, cables, telegrams. On page 3: Cables and telegrams, On page 6: Report of tram meeting, graven School • sports; On page 7: Beautifying Society, football, commercial, boxing, tea market. Amongst the competitors in the Paramatta Sculling handicap will be F. Lawson, the Nelson sculler, who did so well in the Foxton Handicap' 13 months ago. He left Wellington for Sydney yesterday. It is said that on account of tho similarity of colour of tho New Zealand <kl, and Id King's head stamps the colour of the 4d stamp is to bo changed to yellow, so as to avoid confusion in tho future. : ' Owing to the rain making cricket impossible the Wellington-Manawatu representative match to have been played at Palmerston to-day, was abandoned, the majority of tho Wellington players returning'homo by tho down Trunk express. Lodge, 1.0.0. F., A.C., held a special meeting last' evening. N.G. Bro. J. Davis presided over a fair attendance. During the meeting routine business was transacted. Two candidates were initiated into the Order and fourteen candidates fllected. In tho cyclo road race, Timaru to Geraldine and back, a distance of 50 miles, run on Thursday last, W. L. Oldman (Christchurch) made tho fastest time, covering the distance in 2 hours 17 minutes 42 seconds. Fifteen competed. The road was very loose from the recent dry weather. Messrs Mellsop, Eliotb • and Co. have received cablo advice from London to the effect tftat there has been a further drop in the values of frozen mutton and lamb, and that there is a prospect of a still further decline in prices owing to the unsatisfactory state of the market. The present values are a half-penny per pound lower than they were a fortnight ago.. "Doctor," said a lean and languid patient. "I cannot get up early in tho morning." Oh, yes, you can," replied the doctor, "if you follow my advice. What is your usual hour of rising?" "Nino o'clock," the patient answered. "Well, get up a half an hour later every day, and in a month you will find yourself rising at 4 o'clock in the morning. On the 21st Feb. the New Zealand Dairy Ltd., (Auckland) distributed amongst the milk suppliers £42,515 5s lOd. The payments cover _ butterfat which was Supplied to their several creameries during the month of January. Tho corresponding payments last year were £23,053 13s 7d, an increase for the month as compared with last year of £i9,462 12s 3d. The statement that the decline in the birth rate in civilised countries is due to woman suffrage is challenged by Mrs Fawcett, the" well-known advocate of votes for women, who quotes the follow-

ing figures in support of he,r contention : In New Zealand, where women can vote, the birthrate is 27 per thousand, while in Canada, which is without, woman suitrage, it is only 23 per thousand. A Nottingham boy sought to increase his account in the Post Office Savings Bank by removing stamps from a flic ■of old receipts in his employer's office, and by careful manipulation passed them off at' first as new stamps. After they were forwarded to London faint penmarks and parts of dates were discovered,' and the "boy was placed on trial, being sentenced to twelve months' probation. Sometimes fortune knock's at the door when life is nearing its finish. A seventy-year-old veteran in the United States has just been paid an immense sum for. his patent rights for a concrete railway sleeper. A syndicate of Eastern railroads has been formed to buy the patent rights, and capitalists are said to have been delighted to have been able to secure them "at such a bargain," though the price paid is believed to have been seventeen million dnllare!

According to the Labour Department a mistaken impression is abroad to the effect that barmaids employed in that capacity for three months prior to the final date of application for registration in June next would be entitled to be registered. But it appears that this is not the actual position. Only those barmaids will be eligible for registration who have been employed for a period of not less than three months during the twelve months preceding 216t November of last year.

In Main street last evening three youths on one bicycle caused some comment among those on the street at the time. Their route was rather circuitous, and their demeanour caused a good many pedestrians to watch their career with some anxiety. One has heard of bicycles "built for two," but placing three fairly well-grown lads on a machine is somewhat of an undue strain on the strength of the parts which might easily, lead to an accident either to themselves or others. As to-morrow's services will be the last to be held in the old Broad street Methodist Church they will be made suitable, to the occasion. The church is one of tho oldest places of worship in this district, and has seen the Methodist cause! grow from very small beginnings .to,its present importance. Consequently, a service commemorating the church's displacement by an up-to-date building should not be out of place. Mr H.. N. Vivian will occupy the pulpit in the morning, and Rev. T. T. Thomas,.RA., will conduct the evening service.. An important witness was absent from the Napier Supreme Court when his evidence was required. His name was called but not answered, the witness being under the impression that the caso would not come on yet His Honor: "A witness who does that will have to be punished. A witness' duty is not to leave the Court without the consent of tho Court. If ho chooses to do 60, he runs the risk of punishment" At a later stage in the hearing of tho case, the witness' name was again called, with a similar result. His Honour then said: "Under the Act I.estreat the recognisances; he is liable to pay £SO or go to gaol." The case, which was a criminal one, had to be adjourned at the request of accused's counsel.

A Palmerston lady has received a letter from her sister in Tunbridge, Kent, stating that the Coronation ceremony is being looked forward to with eager anticipation all over the United Kingdom. High prices are being asked for even third and fourth rate positions, and many localities have been bought up by syndicates, who expect to clear a very large margin by their operations. Even single windows are worth a considerable amount, in some instances, where the situation is particularly good, tho prices asked running into hundreds of pounds. In many cases single seats will not be obtainable under four or five guineas, and in some of the more advantageous positions* double and treble that amount is being asked.

Travellers up Rangitikei Line yesterday encountered swarms of tiny whitewinged insects. They were met with in countless myriads, covering the clothes, and giving the wayfarer the appearance of having been caught in a snow storm. The strange visitation was remarked by numbers of people in the vicinity of ■jfrvbiiry. A couple of motor cyclists travelling towards Awahuri found the dense swarm of insects so trying on their eyes that they had to have recourse to the temporary use of goggles. One gentleman, when entering the Newbury store, found himself the object of general curiosity, his clothes being absolutely white with the insects. "Where on earth have you- been?" was tho inquiry. "In a flourmill or a snowstorm?" No one in the district appeared to havo any recollection of a previous similar visitation. Years ago. a young New Zealander fixed, rubber heels to his boots. His idea patented would have netted him a huge fortune. . . he let it pass. There may bo others with ideas just as good. Thev should at once consult a reputable- firm of Patent Agents like Baldwin and Rayvvard, wbo would give them honest advice, and. make their rights absolutely secure. Local representatives', Messrs RavenhiH and Co., The Square—Advt.

A valuable coach horse died at Stratford, through being too liberally fed when in an' over-heated condition, which is a too common, but dangerous practice. 1: In some, parts of Hawke's Bay no rain worth speaking of has fallen since July, and-much of the South Island is in a very similar state, Members of the North Island brigades passed through Palmerston'yesterday en route to the Firemen's - Conference and demonstration at Hokitika, .which, commences 'on March 6. • ■ The reason of the Bank of England notes being always new and crisp is because no note of this bank is ever reissued, : being destroyed in due course after' being returned to the bank. The premiums offered for the best designs for the proposed new Parliamentary Buildings in Wellington are as follows :—First £IOOO, second £SOO, third £3OO, fourth £2OO. The Postal Department is again urging the public to utilise the facilities offered for registering letters containing valuables. Registered letter envelopes are obtainable at post offices. The Victorian Government are taking a step in ;the right direction in setting aside £2OOO for tho construction of silos for farmers at cost price—the money to be repaid upon easy terms. ~ Most of our readers have heard of the great value of Stradivarius violins. Ono of these instruments has recently been found in • Strasburg, being used a 6 a child's toy cart. The finder secured it for 6s. ' ■ . A controversy has been going on in the Sydney papers as to when tho figures representing the year A.D. were all oven numbers. It appears that the last year was A.D. 388, and' tho next will be A.D. 2000. Settlers of Manawatu have not had as- much to complain, of in the way of drought, as some districts. In the Brunner district,' West Coast, water had to be carted long distances from the Grey River, Needless to say, the water was sparingly used, and none was wasted. . ! A- plagrio of snails on tho coast of Ceylon is assuming serious proportions. Millions of.snails arc to bo found, and some of them weigh as. much as a pound. The snails have begun feeding on tho young cocoanut trees, and it is fcajed that they may attack the young rubber trees. One of the Sedgwick boys is employed on a farm near Dannevirke, and hie employer speaks of him in high terms of praise; Although brought up in the heart of a big Home city, the boy is now milking the cows night and morning, and has proved surprisingly adaptable in learning farm work.

Many, persons are probably not aware that if a defendant who .is summoned in a.civil action desires to defend it ho must file a notice to that effect with tho Clerk of the' Court, within five days after receiving the summons, Should he neglect to do so the caso will rank as an undefended case. This provision came into force on the Ist April, 1910, and is embodied in the amended Act of 1909. On Tuesday afternoon the Taranaki Rugby Union's medal was presented to A. T: Bacon, winner of the inaugural Alf. Bayly scholarship. Mr Alf. Bayly, a distinguished athlete, died in 1907, deeply regretted, and the Taranaki Rugby Union decided'to establish a Bayly scholarship of 10 a year, tenablo for two years. To win it, candidates have to rely on two qualifications, efficiency in ordinary work and efficiency in athletic matters, a combination not frequently found. The Greymouth correspondent of the Christchurch Press telegraphs that 6ome phenomenal gold discoveries are reported in the Central Buller. In one case one man, working twenty-four hours, panning, got gold to tho value of £29, and another found the wash yielded 35s ,a day. One claim is described as being a veritable jeweller's shop. The country for milea' around has been pegged out by the original discoverers. of tho gold and their friends, during the last live weeks. ' • .

' A" curious'case of filial devotion in a bird has been reported to a Taranaki paper. A few. days ago 'a resident of. New Plymouth captured a young thrush at Bell Block, and brought it into town, placing it in a cage. With wondoriul instinct the mother followed the young bird to its new home, where its cage was placed outside the house. The olden bird was noticed to be feeding tho offspring with something, and a little later the young thrush died. It is supposed that, sooner than see its child in captivity, the mother fed it with some poisonous plant or berry. • There is indisputable evidence that the Houndsditch ■ murders were committed not by the Jews as the cables alleged, but by Russian Anarchists. This fact is made clear by the London Times and Daily Telegraph. Moreover,- the Hon. Sydney Holland, chairman of the London Hospital Committee, in a letter to the.Times, says:-"I feel it due to the Bast End Jews, who, as a- jule, are a . quiet, industrious, . law-abiding people, to contradict the statement that the man Goldstein, shot by his fellow burglars and now lying side by side with .the gallant two policemen in the,mortuary of this hosnital,, was a Jew. Ho was-a foreigner, lmfc. : no ' a J ew '" A butcher's bill amounting to £I3OO was mentioned at the Supreme Court, Auckland, in connection with a petition to have an Austrian storekeeper adjudicated a bankrupt. It was stated that a claim had been'put in in tho first place for £I7OO for meat supplied, but that the creditor had subsequently reduced his account to £I3OO. Counsel for the petitioning creditor said, ho understood that £7OO had already been paid to the butcher by the debtor, thus making a total bill of £2OOO for meat supplied during a period of about 16 months. Mr E. Gerard,' who is at present investigating the affairs of the storekeeper, stated that ■ho was quite satisfied that the account for £I3OO was correct. In the Auckland Court,' before Mr C. C. Kettle, S.M., a young woman sued her mistress for. wages. The defendant's story was that she had sent the plaintiff out of the dining-room of her boardinghouse because she was untidily dressed. .The girl in a temper went to her room and refused to continue her, work". His Worship, in dismissing the case, took occasion to remind tho plaintiff that discipline was absolutely essential in a business of any 6ort, and it appeared to him that it was a lesson she ljad not yet learned. In 6ome establishments, the Magistrate remarked, servants wanted to run the place just as they wished, but when authority and discipline were lacking any would soon fall to pieces. In every walk of life the lesson of dispipline had to be learned. Rats are proving a very serious menace in- Auckland. A reporter at an early hour in the morning saw a whole army of rodents in a butcher's shop. They were making such a noise that attention was drawn to the. premises. Perched on the quarters of beef and mutton were numbers of tho vermin, while a large black rat lay sleeping on the chopping block, without the slightest- trace of fear of the intruders. On the floor gambling about were - a number of others, while from another room came sounds which'betokened'the presence of'many others. A constable on the boat stated that when first his attention was drawn to the visitation, the hooks and bars on which the meat hung were literally swarming with' rats,' and a 'string-of sausages had apparently disappeared altogether between his visits, the rats having evidently made a banquet of them.

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